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Effects of Blood Letting in Metabolic Syndrome

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Metabolic Syndrome
Interventions
Procedure: blood letting
Registration Number
NCT01328210
Lead Sponsor
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Brief Summary

Metabolic syndrome (MS) has an increasing prevalence worldwide and there is an urgent need for improvement of medical treatment. In traditional medicine phlebotomy (blood letting) is a recommended treatment for subjects with obesity and vascular disease. Recent studies showed that blood letting with iron depletion may improve insulin sensitivity in patients with diabetes mellitus. The investigators aimed to test if traditional blood letting has beneficial effects in patients with MS. A randomized trial with a sample size of 64 self-referred MS patients was conducted. Patients in the blood letting group were allocated to blood letting intervention and the control group was offered a later treatment (waiting list). In the intervention group 300-400 ml of venous blood were withdrawn at day 1 and after 4 weeks. Primary outcomes were the change of systolic blood pressure and of insulin sensitivity as measured by HOMA-Index.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria
  • 25-70 years of age
  • given diagnosis of metabolic syndrome
Exclusion Criteria
  • clinically significant hepatic, neurological, endocrinologic, or other major systemic or inflammatory disease, including malignancy
  • known history of hemochromatosis, or presence of the Cys282Tyr mutation
  • history of drug or alcohol abuse
  • manifest cardiac disease
  • history of disturbances in iron balance (e.g., hemosiderosis from any cause, atransferrinemia)
  • preexisting anemia

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
blood lettingblood lettingBlood letting was performed immediately after baseline assessment and after 4 weeks. First blood removal consisted of 400ml, second blood removal was tailored according to subsequent serum ferritin levels between 300- 400 ml.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
insulin sensitivitychange from baseline at 6 weeks

Glucose and insulin are measured on the basis of overnight fasting blood samples and Insulin sensitivity calculated according to HOMA-Index

systolic blood pressurechange from baseline at 6 weeks

Blood pressure is measured twice after 5 minutes rest in the sitting position by sphygmomanometry

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
diastolic blood pressurechange from baseline at 6 weeks
HbA1cchange from baseline at 6 weeks
blood lipidschange from baseline at 6 weeks
serum ferritinchange from baseline at 6 weeks
adiponectinchange from baseline at 6 weeks
blood countchange from baseline at 6 weeks
serum ironchange from baseline at 6 weeks
hs-CRPchange from baseline at 6 weeks
pulse ratechange from baseline at 6 weeks
serum glucosechange from baseline at 6 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kliniken Essen-Mitte, University Duisburg-Essen

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Essen, North-Rhine Westfalia, Germany

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